The Game of School This is by far the realest thing I have ever read. I am 100% guilty of playing the game of school because like stated in the reading I did what I had to do to get the grade I wanted. It sounds horrible, but it is also extremely eye opening to read this. My teacher last year for English never made us actually write a paper. We would work on one in class which was usually about a book that we read in class and by read I mean we would listen to it on a tape. Then she would tell us to grab out a piece of paper and just answer the essay question and as long as it was handed in on time then you would receive a good grade. I do think it is because teachers do not want to stray away from the curriculum because they are scared. I can recall another instance where someone asked a teacher about a specific topic and the teacher said he used to teach it, but now with all the testing he had to teach only the important things for the tests to finish up what he had to cover by the end of the school year. There are some teachers that are extremely passionate about teaching and truly make you work in the classroom and earn the grade and then there are others that play the game of school. In my personal opinion I think that at some point or another every student and teacher is guilty of playing the school of game.
(I just wanted to write about what came to mind as soon as I finished the reading, but if you want me to use the questions as a guide in which I just saw now I will fix this!)
This is by far the realest thing I have ever read. I am 100% guilty of playing the game of school because like stated in the reading I did what I had to do to get the grade I wanted. It sounds horrible, but it is also extremely eye opening to read this. My teacher last year for English never made us actually write a paper. We would work on one in class which was usually about a book that we read in class and by read I mean we would listen to it on a tape. Then she would tell us to grab out a piece of paper and just answer the essay question and as long as it was handed in on time then you would receive a good grade. I do think it is because teachers do not want to stray away from the curriculum because they are scared. I can recall another instance where someone asked a teacher about a specific topic and the teacher said he used to teach it, but now with all the testing he had to teach only the important things for the tests to finish up what he had to cover by the end of the school year. There are some teachers that are extremely passionate about teaching and truly make you work in the classroom and earn the grade and then there are others that play the game of school. In my personal opinion I think that at some point or another every student and teacher is guilty of playing the school of game.
(I just wanted to write about what came to mind as soon as I finished the reading, but if you want me to use the questions as a guide in which I just saw now I will fix this!)